Spartak open new stadium, budgets hiked up in Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd

Otkritie Arena

By Paul Nicholson
August 27 – Spartak Moscow’s new stadium will be opened today with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev attending the opening ceremony. Putin will tour the stadium and discuss preparations for the 2018 World Cup.

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